What is the Pupil Premium Grant?

The Pupil Premium Grant (PPG) is additional funding that was introduced by the Government in 2011. The grant is allocated to schools in order to narrow the attainment gap between pupils from the groups below and their peers. The funding at Quintin Kynaston is used with pupils from Year 7 to Year 11 in the following groups:

Low income families who are eligible for Free School Meals (FSM) – including those pupils registered for FSM in the last six years known as FSM Ever 6

Children with parents in the armed forces

Looked after Children (CLA)

The Government introduced a fund of £625 million in April 2011 to give schools £400 per year for:

every child currently registered as eligible for free school meals

children who have been looked after for 6 months or longer

From April 2012, pupil premium funding was also extended to:

all children eligible for free school meals at any point in the past 6 years

In the 2013 to 2014 financial year, funding for the pupil premium increased to £1.875 billion. As a result, the amount given to schools for each pupil who attracts the funding has increased to £900 per pupil who fall into the groups listed above.

In the 2014 to 2015 financial year, pupil premium funding will be £2.5 billion. The premium will rise to £935 per pupil of secondary-school age, £1,900 per pupil for looked-after children who:

have been looked after for 1 day or more

are adopted

leave care under a Special Guardianship Order or a Residence Order

Schools can spend the funding as they see fit, and from September 2012 we have published on-line information about how the funding is used.

At QK we have prioritised the use of this funding for pupil premium students who:

are underachieving

are from vulnerable groups or locked after children

We will use the Pupil Premium Grant to fund a whole range of activities and interventions including: